If he wanted to establish his own faction, he would not be able to do it by himself.
As someone who had come from the modern world, Chen Heng deeply understood this.
Thus, after forming an agreement with the lords of the north, he bought many slaves from them.
Slaves were an excellent source of manpower.
The slaves that were bought and sold had all of their rights taken away and belonged to their owners. No matter how they were treated, no one would care about them.
Under normal circumstances, apart from a small number of slaves with special value, most of the slaves were not valued by the feudal lords.
This was because as rulers, they had a certain degree of control over their subjects. No matter if it was in battle or for other things, they could use free and cheap cannon fodder.
Even though slaves were cheap, to them, they still had to spend money to buy them, so it was not worth it.
However, from how Chen Heng saw it, this was not the case.
As someone from the modern world, he had many ways to exploit the remaining value of those slaves.
As such, most of the northern rulers' slaves had been bought by Chen Heng.
Over the past year or so, most of the profits he had made in the Kutu Royal City had been spent on this.
He had placed the slaves in his own manor and set up simple workshops. He used water power and assembly lines to produce, and he would then use his connections to sell the things produced in his manor.
Baron Kaisen did not know much about this.
However, at this moment, he could feel that Chen Heng's subordinates were quite special.
Compared to ordinary people, Chen Heng's black-furred slaves were a bit too capable.
Moreover, not only were they capable, but the way they looked at Chen Heng was also quite strange.
It was not that Baron Kaisen had never seen slaves before.
On his own estate, there were many slaves who were engaged in heavy agricultural work.
It was just that in his memories, those slaves' gazes and expressions were usually numb and fearful.
It was as if they had lost their hope and future, and there was not a trace of life in them.
However, Chen Heng's subordinates were different.
Although they were slaves, they looked especially lively and worked very actively, full of energy.
They did not look like slaves at all.
Moreover, these slaves' bodies seemed to be quite good, and they did not seem as weak or dispirited as other slaves.
"How did you do this?"
After silently observing for a while, Baron Kaisen could not help but ask.
He felt that there were too many things about this child that he couldn't understand.
His ability was so strong that many of the things he did could not be understood or understood by others.
"Give them hope."
Facing Baron Kaisen's confusion, Chen Heng's reply was quite direct.
"Humans and tools are different after all."
He looked at the busy black-furred slaves in front of him and said softly, "Tools can be reused, but they also need daily maintenance."
"As a special tool, slaves also need to be maintained."
At this point, he calmly said, "Give them enough sleep, rest, and relatively sufficient food. This is their daily maintenance so that they don't collapse and have problems with their bodies."
"Other than that, give them a little more hope. Let them see the possibility of changing their lives for the better through their own efforts."
"If we do these things well and use appropriate methods, we can greatly increase their work efficiency …"
Baron Kaisen felt quite startled, seeming to understand but also unable to understand.
Give the slaves enough rest time and food?
This was quite different from what he had imagined.
In order to save money, which normal person wouldn't want the slaves to eat the least amount of simple food and do the most tiring work?
It was best if the slaves did not have any time for themselves every day so that they could earn the most benefits.
However, when it came to Chen Heng, things seemed to be different.
"A human's body needs to be maintained."
Looking at Baron Kaisen, Chen Heng continued to explain, "If you want a slave to do good work, a healthy body is the key.
"If you want a slave to be healthy, appropriate food is also necessary.
"If you use inferior food for a long time, your body will become weaker and weaker. When that time comes, even if you use a whip to drive them away, you won't be able to do much work.
"Moreover, using a whip to drive them away is not a very effective management method."
Chen Heng softly explained to Baron Kaisen.
Hearing his explanation, Baron Kaisen nodded, seeming to understand.
"I've always been at ease when you do things."
In the end, he did not continue to ask about this matter and instead said, "When we go to Baron Myler's place, bring Ormando with us.
"That's good; we'll have him do some things."
"Very well."
Chen Heng nodded, not seeming to care too much about this matter.
A few days later.
After all of the goods had arrived, Chen Heng once again set off.
Compared to the previous few times, this time's business was quite important.
Before, because the trade had just begun, the surrounding rulers were only probing, and the amount of trade was not large.
However, it was different this time.
During this trip to Baron Myler's territory, Chen Heng had taken away almost all of the goods that had been transported over. The value of these goods was incredibly high, and it could be said that even Baron Kaisen's heart would jump at the price of these goods.
If anything went wrong, the losses would be massive.
It was because this trade was so important that Baron Kaisen had brought most of his guards with him.
Baron Kaisen and Ormando were also with him.
"So many …"
Riding on his horse, Ormando looked at the chests being pulled by oxen, his heart burning with desire.
He was very clear about the contents of these boxes.
Therefore, he roughly understood how great of a fortune was contained in this box.
Once this transaction was completed, his family would reap an enormous profit.
Thinking to there, he could not help but feel his body heat up and feel incredibly excited.
Right now, he did not know that these things did not belong to his family but to Chen Heng himself.
From how he saw it, it was impossible for Chen Heng to have such a large amount of wealth.
It was most likely Baron Kaisen who had asked Chen Heng to buy it from the northern rulers, and it belonged to the entire family.
As for the family's wealth, it would naturally belong to him in the future.
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